AAP General News (Australia)
04-16-2010
Qld: Fatigue played part in ship grounding, report finds
Early indications are the 70-thousand tonne coal carrier that crashed into the Great
Barrier Reef on Easter was controlled by a dead-tired first mate.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau report says the man had had about two and a half
hours of broken sleep in the previous 37 hours.
It's also been found he had never navigated in the waters before.
The fully laden Shen Neng 1 hit Douglas Shoal .. off the central Queensland coast ..
spilling about four tonnes of heavy fuel oil from its ruptured fuel tank and causing extensive
damage to the reef.
The captain of the vessel and the chief officer-on-watch have both been arrested and
charged over the accident and briefly faced Gladstone court yesterday.
The matter goes back to court in June.
AAP RTV peb/wz/crh
KEYWORD: CARRIER (BRISBANE)
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